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Not a week goes by in Scottish politics when the decision to vote No in 2014 does not rear its ugly head. November 2023, the Scottish Broadcasting Company reports growing unrest south of the border. Massive crowds are gathering daily outside Westminster, demanding an end to Tory rule, following emergency legislation allowing the General Election […]
Host David McClemont @DavoMc82 flys solo this week, Topics are; PM & new Rwanda policy, David Cameron, Westminster & Ceasefire vote, Farage & I’m a Celeb Music: Hey! – Look at you You want Fox – Dirty Little Fox Intro & Outro – The Charlemagnes; Barbed Wire
Host Brian Findlay @WeeSociologist with Kat Cary @Kat_Cary and Connor Beaton @cdbeaton. This week’s topic starters:- 1. Rutherglen & HW by-election, 2. Red Cross warns 28-day ‘move-on’ process is not enough time for asylum seekers to find new accommodation, 3. Not all Police Scotland officers have vetting files, 4. Unhinged content from the Tory Party […]
We knew their names, their faces, their stories. That made us feel connected to them. And that’s a key difference with coverage of refugees, who usually remain a nameless and faceless mass to us. There has been much commentary in the past few days about the difference in media/public perception of the Titan tragedy […]
Host David McClement @DavoMc82 with Brian Findlay @WeeSociologist and Kat Cary @Kat_Cary – SNP Leadership Contest – Westminster Budget – Stop The Small Boats Bill
Kat and Erin return for Season 3 after a busy summer to talk about the cost-of-living crisis, the death of Mahsa Amini and protests in Iran, and anti-immigrant actions in politics worldwide. Further info Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/edinburghslaverycolonialism Glasgow Slavery Audit: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29117 Iran: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/podcasts/the-daily/iran-protests-women.html Reverse Freedom Rides: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/02/29/809740346/the-cruel-story-behind-the-reverse-freedom-rides Recommended Reading: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3785-abolition-geography
If the federalism shills couldn’t see this coming, they really weren’t looking. This move essentially leaves Labour without even the pretence of argument for the reformable UK that we’ve been promised since 2014. We’re as close to federalism as we are to the moon, and thus concludes the centre ground arguments against independence. Take time […]
Populism is all pervasive. It’s amusing…has bad hair and tin-foil hats. It has the Flat Earth Society, Covid Deniers and Chemtrails. It also radicalises people to think that transphobia is about women’s rights, that the pandemic is over, that vicious deportation policies are about targeting people smugglers, that the French and other foreigners are responsible […]
Anonopunk on the UK.
We are finally getting to grips with the solid fact of the matter: 2014 cannot be repeated. We need to find another way, or ways to move forward towards independence. On the day of the full release of the Sue Gray report and of Nicola Sturgeon’s marking point as longest serving FM I’ve never been […]